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Chicago examiner vol vil no 36 a m monday february i 1909 14 pages price one cent Â° b o u c^l d p b ? r c o Taft at panama approves lock ganal gatun dim is safe by william hoster resi dent-elect's engineers make superficial survey , of isthmus r no danger is report present plans can be carried out without any obstacle say experts special correspondent of the examiner with the Taft party special cable to the examine panama jan 31 a lock canal k will be built across the isth mus of panama this prelim inary decision was reached as a result of a superficial survey of the gatun dam made by the engineers accompa nying president-elect Taft it can be said on the best of author ity that the engineers approve every detail of the plan for a lock system regarding the gatun dam the en gineers say that more precautions for bafety hare been taken by colonel goethals in charge of the canal dig ging than are absolutely necessary the party of engineers was ont all of te-axy unaccompanied by mr Taft and rent over the whole ground of the gatnn system they were enthusiastic in the exclamation of approval they examined particularly the place where the alleged recent slide occurred and they say it was cnlmportant they also examined the foundations of the locks found the foil good and believe that there is absolutely no danger of accident at any time in the mm approve present plans the engineers returned this evening to calebra for the purpose of summing up tie result of the day's investigations they i itefns to talk for publicatien and mr taift wlli aay nothing the examiner's correspondent learns however on the best of authority that the engineers are vir taally convinced that there are no ob stacles in the way of the qatnn dam as it is proposed to build it and that they will recommend tiat the canal be built according to the present plans six days trip for Taft â€¢ to-morrow the engineers will make in de tail an investigation of the entire work that hag been accomplished on the canal and pass judgment npon that which is completed mr Taft will accompany them throughout the entire work for the next sis 4ays turning out at 7 o'clock every morn 1-ag for the start since the purchase by this country of the panama canal property the controversy over a lock or a sea-level canal has been waged unceasingly and the present visit of mr Taft to the canal zone was to finally determine whether the work should be pushed forward under the plans for a lock canal decided upon by the commis sion and authorized by the law appropriat ing money for the construction of the canal or whether the lock canal was not feasible and the present plans 6hould be abandoned and the work changed to build Â» sea-level canal xhe question has been quickly settled by tee engineers appointed as a commission to accompany mr Taft and to report to the president they have failed to find the satnral obstacles which the advocates of the sea level canal claimed were in the way of the lock canal and they have foun no reason to place the cost of the constru won of a lock canal at the extravagant & a ure mentioned by some critics of the plan under which the work is being done both dams feasible in round figures the cost of the loc canal was originally placed at 1 io,000,000 the engineers may find that this estimat was too low on account of unforeseen dif acuities which have been encountered bu they do not believe tnat it will reach much greater sum or will in any wise ap proaeh the figure of s350.noo.i.vx set b some who claim that the cost will reac i this stupendous sum if tue present plan re persisted in the vital points in the construction o ti-e lock canal are the gatun and lra bo 8uns both have been criticised as impra tljial engineering propositions the inspec rÂ»n of the dam to-day with the resni that it is declared quite feasible has se aside one of the greatest objections an it is believed that tue engineers will fin the la boca dam even more feasible tha the gatun dam in tact it is understou that the present canal plans wilt be ap proved throughout by the engineers i their report mr and mrs Taft attended the episto pal church here to-day and later th president-elect received the british min sstcr Taft opens pacific end panama canal to-day panama jan 31 william h tal't.l president-elect of the united states will i formally open the pacific end d the panama canal to navigation to-morrow â€¢ the pacific mai steamship liner newport captain russell plying between san fran cisco and panama will be jhe first ship to ass through the new channel there has been great rivalry for this honor between the chilean and english steamers but it will fall to an american vessel the newport will start from la boca pier it Taft will be taken five miles out to 1 ea and then will return on a tug wet and dry districts for guests at banquet of lincoln celebration special tables will be arranged at springfield centennial for those who object to wine sprixlifleli iii jan 31 those whr i at^"nÂ«l the lincoln centennial banquet here february 12 will be allowed choice of eit-j ting in wet or dry territory in^n^eij by the arotests of temperance advocates th committee in charge of the banquet tvas consented to furnish tables at wbic-li no wines will be served isaac k diller chairman or the ce it nial temperance committee has i^'ed circular letter to those expecting to alter the banquet asking the recipient to indicate whether a seat is wanted at a tnbie v he no wines are served . it is expected that about 700 men will attend the banquet an seventy tables will he spread hi che stat arsenal responses to chairman dhler'8 ertÂ»r wi i indicate the number of 23 banqueters will be satisfied without the enstomar wines and liquors already arranged for o 1 the menu negroes of the city piqued h cause none of their race was invitee participate in the centennial eelebmtio here to-day announced they would hold e ercises of their own i elihu root mistaken for pugilist papke identities of secretary and prize fighter crossed at hot springs hot spkixgs ark jan 31 secretary root does not look much like n man in need of rest if one guest at the hotel is to be believeri the secretary was mistaken to-day for biily papke a western pugilist who is stopping at the same hotel secre tary root was walking to the big bath house from his room as is customary and was clad only m a turklsh robe and san dals he met jake pollux a traveling salesman who was returning say bill said the traveling salesman i thought i'd meet you m the bath i wanted to talk over some matters with you then pollux saw his mistake and apologised the sec retary was amused when informed who he was taken for and modestly offered expla nation by asking if papke's bathrobe was the same color as his financiers plan to get morse out of jail schwab and many others to send petition to appellate court new tokk tan 81 a eoncertea ef fort to get charles w morse the con victed ex-ice king ont of jail for a time at least has been started by charles m schwab seth milliken ban ex-gov ernor cobb of maine and several other financiers whose friendship for morse is well known at the present moment the attempt consists principally m a petition to the judges of the united states circuit court of appeals asking them to admit morse to bail pending his appeal from judge hough's sentence of fifteen years m the federal prison at atlanta for violations of the national banking laws bryan to be preacher if he is defeated again says he is willing to try for presi dency once more shreveport la jan bl will-am jennings bryan declared here yesterday that if his party wished it he would make one more effort to obtain the democratic nomination for president of the united states should he fail to be elected mr bryan said he would retire from political life and devote himself to the ministry i am sure i would maie a better preacher than a politician mr bryan said i like to come south and inspire the hope m the democratic breast because some times i believe it wanes in louisiana new snowstorm coming to Chicago from west another snowstorm from the western country is headed for Chicago and may come to-day or to-morrow bringing with it rising temperature according to the official forecaster last night the tempera ture rose 12 degrees yesterday fpom 6 de grees m the morning to is in the after noon the mean temperature was 11 and the normal 23 degrees there was a trace of snow in the early morning the wiad was 32 miles an hour from the northwest and the humidity 7 and 77 per cent heavy snows were recorded m the east with temperatures below zero arrest ex-chicago rector as forcer syracuse n y potice accuse the rev w t twamley of passing worthless checks i blames drink for fall ! accused declares he was as sistant at st peter's and st paul's in this city ; " syracuse n i t 31.-the rct william thomas twamley who claims to n::ve served for three year as assistant ir of the cathedral of st peter and 1st panl Chicago wasnrrefted in this jeitr to-night on a charge of passing worth tv.amley was arrested when trying to ; cash a bad check tor a small sum a -â– â€¢â– . r.-'u revealed four more checks wiiieh | he admitted having himself written a<l j to which several different signatures wer ; attached twamley admitted that he was only an amateur baf would not deny hav i ing passed others before his detection i attired in his clerical garb twamley j wa a pitiable figure as lie sat in his cell i at police headquarters to-night and told i tlip story of his life that began in piety i and ended behind prison bars his career ! began be said in england where as a i youth he entered the theological college of the university of dunham and grad i nated with the class of 18ss as an epiflco i palian clergyman then he preached in several british cities five years ago a craving for drin which he said had haunted him throng his youth finally triumphed and he le his position and earfle to america j first charge is in Chicago with a resolve to reform he again donne j the cloth Chicago was his first charg there he said he was assigned as assis i ant rector of the cathedral of st pet and st paul he said he reclaimed hu dreds from the life which he was seeking j avoid three years inter he was tran i ferre.3 t baltimore 110 where he becsiin ! assistant rector in tiie cathedral of s ' ann misfortune in his fcabir still followed and not many mouths ago he left tl s;h of st anne where he had been almost two years and went to the se which has its seat at harrisbarg here his labors again lay among the r and for woeks h.6 tv.er tuit from isbairg to the nearby cities and towns sunsylvaiiia performing mission duties at what can you do he said whe â€¢ one offers it to you v as he told o | tis final fall from the path of sobriety am ir a few flays ago he left pennsylvan li little money and do destination ctor blames drink e camp to syracuse yesterday wearr gry footsore dejected and withou ley why he tried to cash bad check said was more than he conld tell ' must have been crazy he said " been drinking and that was the cause it all \ have tried hot to drink ba it can ou qo when someone offers it 1 twamlpy is forty-eight years oid e said he hoped his relatives would not hea of his misfortune the checks twamley had were drawn on annapolis md and syracuse banks and were not drnwn in the names of persons known here he having evidently depended upon his gxrb to get them cashed liefore bis case is disposed of the po'icei propose to make a thorough investigation of the clergyman's record and the police of Chicago and baltimore will be communi cated with worked on missionary staff dean siunner v.-ks not in the city last night but the verger of tie cathedral of st pe'er ami st paul l h buvi said that the re william thomas twamley had been connected with the missionary staff there he was not an assistant rector said the verger but merely one of a staff of i six clergymen employed to do missionary work although he left before i came to the cathedral i have heard that he had an impediment of speech and some other physical infirmity which prevented him from holding a charge no doubt this dis couraged him and caused him to take to drink if he had any escapades here i do not know of them the news of his arrest in syracuse on a charge of passing worthless checks will he a great surprise to those who knyv him here escapes rabies dies when dog licks hand i baby seized with convulsions due to having been bitten , philadelphia pa jan 31 bitten | by a dog six weeks ago three-year-old al i l.ert winner of 1111 norris street escaped j hydrophobia only to be seized with violent convulsions as a result of fright when another dog playfully licked his hand on wednesday last he died in terrible agony to-day dr charles snyder who attended the boy said there was no doubt he had been frightened to death no symptoms of rabies had manifested them selves after the child had been bitten by the first dog the physician stated duke to wed miss elkins after mountain climb turin italy jan 31 notwithstanding official denials it is still asserted m this his home city that the duke of ahruzzl has resigned as an officer of the italian : navy it is stated that he has expressed i his deierrii.'iation after his expedition to ! the himalayas to marry miss katherlne j elkins either as a royal prince or as a i private individual u s soldier slain by czar's order friends insist that govern ment request apology and reparation from russia warned not to go back _______ â– young infantryman arrested and executed while vis iting his family philadelphia jan 31 a vigorous resolution was passed at a mass meeting held at the german theater this afternoon m which the united states government was called on to take immediate action to secure from russia an apology and rep jaration for the death of fritz strombach a regularly enlisted soldier of the united states army a teteran of the philippine war and a former resident of this city who according to information recently re i celved was â– executed by the russian au thorities whi!e on a furlough lu that coun try to visit his mother the meetfns was held under the auspices of german trades unions stronibiieh's execution by shooting took place on october 19 1007 but the facts hare only been learned by his friends in this city during the past few days be fore sailing for europe strombach came ne:-e to bid his friends good-bv and was framed against rcturmut to his native land : oh i am all right " replied strombach i am a citizen of the united states after the term of his furlough had ex pired and he did not return his friends here concluded he had decided to remain in russia ' tvlth his mother iq conxland last week however a clipping from a newspaper was received in the city which stated that strombach had been arrested at his mother's farm by soldiers and ex ecuted ufter a court martial in which two witnesses had appeared against him the particulars of the case were related case taken to washington washington jan 31 th action 1 of the german trades unions of philadelphia in the fritz strombach case wa6 referred to-night to officials o r the state depart ment the department will not consider the matter officially unless formal com plaint is lodged by the unions or by any persons who have sufficient facts on which the department could make representations to the russian government women of nudity cult stick to stylish hats persons of high rank join proscribed german society special cable to the examiner terlin jan 31 germany's capital needs an anthony comstock the cult of nudfty continues to spread despite the police and denunciations of the reichstag the society titled the aristoeratische xudlo natio allauz has been formed for the pu/pose of creating a return to the nudity m which men are born as the law prohibits nudity m public places the so ciety holds its meetings m obscure plac-.'s the women are rendered ludicrous how ever by continuing to wear stylish hats and | veils after discarding their other clothing j it publishes a weekly newspaper contain ing illustrated articles on etiquette show j ing how nugarbed men and women should behave m one another's society how they should bow dine etc many men and women of high rank and unblemished per sonal character have lately joined its ranks countess de lesseps dies at french capital paeis jan 31 countess de lesseps widow of count ferdinand de lesseps the promoter of the ship canals of suez corinth and panama died here to-day fire drives out family lugl alborte and his n tre and children 1 were ilrlvpn scantily clothed from their home lnst uighi when fire nearly destroyed the bam in which they lived at 2h6 north hÂ«lsted street three horses were so se verelj bumsd that they bad to be shot col southgate improved colonel richard h southgate president of the congress hotel association is re coveaÃŸg irojjama'myeve old which be eon "'â– l__l h winter and which for - _â– wed would prove fatal woman slain by mayor's brother george busse and sketch of accident 500,000 raise for westing house men manufacturer upon regaining i control restores former payroll without notice ttsburg pa jan 31.-without ious announcement the westlnghouse trie and manufacturing . company has dred to its 3,000 employes about 500 whicii wag taken from their annual oil last march when the policy of re ehment was being pushed so hard the announcement was a slip in pay en pes issued yesterday in offices from jon to sau francisco including i'ltts :, newark and cleveland it was in t that wages cut last march had been restored on january 1 and that the old rate of pay would be found in the en thls was done by george westlnghouse personally and is in conformity with the idea he always followed that his men were the best workmen in the world and the highest paid when william donner wag placed in charge of the westtnghouse business last ing he began to slash right and left average monthly cut was u5 for each 5,000 employes or more than 5500,000 be first thing mr westlughouse did on regaining control of his own business iras to onst donner the nest to restore the wages of his employes quietly officials of the company were sworn to secrecy and ti>e first intimation employes had nf what iifld been done was when they re lvived their envelopes take psychic cure to avoid jail sentence asheyille n c jan 31.-pollee justice reynolds has decided to try the effect of the emmanuel movement on habitual users of alcoholics and has given two men brought before him on the charge of intoxication the choice of taking the treatment given by the rev w c mccready rector of trinity episcopal church cr working thirty days on the streets under a jail sentence the men promptly decided that they would try the cure and will report to the preacher twice a week for treatment society circus in honor of elephant gouraud's famous bail out done when rosa makes bow to new yorkers _ new york jan 31.-tle sunday night dance which the jackson gourauds gave at martin's a couple of wÂ«eks ago was en tirel youtdone early this morning by a society circus that harry perry difl becker gave in honor of his pachydermle lady friend rosa the elephant at the hippodrome harry's affection for bosa is well known on christmas lie presented her with a ten-pound box of candy and a mag num of champagne this morning he pre sented her formally to society with mrs jackson oouraud and mine verona jar beau as red chaperones some 200 of the lively living set re sponded to invitations which dlsbecker issued in the shape of circus posters they were advised in the posters to appear in rural raiment and they did some of the women as genuine westcbester county dairymaids others in silk watteau shep herdess gowns with skins of parisian cat and delectable brevity and most all of the men as rubes the stage of the hippodrome was set under a big top at 1l':3o the grand parade began wells hawkes as ring master led tlien came harry disbecke driving a trained pig jackson gauram and assistant united states district attor ney d prank lloyd on horses and then baited cages in which two fake linn fought a wild battle with two imitatio trainer the llous were melville ellis an addisou mizner former brother-in-law to mrs yerkes the trainers were jiseph her bert and eugene waugh wilson mizner former husband of mrs yerkes appeared as a three-card inoute sharp offering the rubes chances to double their mousy then behind him ap peared mrs jackson uomauii doing h famous dunce j h taylor as a countr constable arrested both others in the line at performers and spectators included anna held ethel 15ar ryniore blanche king attorney john v mclntyre jessie lewisohn kdua 11 gau ley and all tiie best known press agents wine agents show gii'ls and folks about town and the elephant Â« the society clrcns at dawri had totally eclipsed the gourauds affalr.y - m'cook to visit Chicago joim j mccoofe of new yoi i whg lias been mentioned as a cabinet possibility will arrive iu Chicago tills morning on a business visit mr mccook is the young est of the f;#ioas fitrjtlnt mccooka of obia george busse kills woman shot is an accident mayor's brother fires bullet pierces wall and slays mrs flora tuckerman victim in another flat slayer prostrated with griefs is exonerated by woman's was putting pistol awkt victim was daughter of gen eral a c girard u & a f eorgb btxsse brother of u mayor basse last evejbrag shot and killed mrs jhora elizabeth tuekerman daught of brigadier general alfred c mrard u s a retired in the fashionable walton apartments at 305 j north clark street at tha time of the shooting mrs tuckerman was standing before the mirror in her sleeping room and mr busse was in a bedroom of hia moth er's apartment directly across a ten foot area the bullet crashed through the wooden inside blind of the windov of mr basse's room sped acros â€¢. area pierced the window of lire tuckercnan's room and entered he left breast . ; <*** mrs tuckerman uttered a err of fright and pain staggered from her room and fell dying into the arms of her father who had heard her cry and was running to her aid boy by mother's side alfred o tnekerman the seven-year-old son of the stricken woman was at hi mother's side when bh was shot th shooting was so sudden and mysteriotm that the boy did not know what had hap pened he saw his mother fall and then he was taken away and kept in ignorance of her fate â€¢ i'athev i hare been shot gasped mrs tnekerman as she stumbled forward gen eral rfjlrard a veteran army surgeon placed his daughter on the floor tore away hsr bodies and saw that she had been fatally wounded blind to the cause of it all the general his wife and his aged mother grouped abont mrs tuckerman and were dumbly watch ing her die when there came a loud rapping at their outer door and george busse close ly followed by the mayor rushed in then * for the flrst time it was known whose hand had held the pistol from irhici the mortal shot was flred i have killed a woman my god fred i hare tilled a woman exclaimed the mayor's brother as he saw mrs tnekerman lying limp on the floor her head resting in her mother's lap then he reeltd backward and eeemed about to faint forgetting for a moment her daughters condition mrs girard rashod to ml basse's side threw her arms abont him and urged him to have courage we know yon did not mean to do it she said bravely and under the influence of her words busse partially regained con trol of himself and nervously told how the shooting occurred while he mayor was rushing toward the street for medical aid i was aboat to leave the city for cin cinnati said busse and my absence wonld leave my mother and her servant bertha lempke alone and unprotected in the house my brother the mayor his wife my mother and the servant were there and i got my pistol and showed the women how to use it then i took the pistol back to my room and was directing the servant where she might find the weapon in the bureau if she needed it when it exploded i heard the crash of glass and heard a woman scream and i knew th'j bullet had injured some one mayor seeks physician after the shootjin mr busse and tb servant rushed from the bedroom and told mayor busse and wife and mrs gustave busse mother of the brothers ivhat had happened the mayor followed george basse across the outer hallway to the apartment of general girard when he saw that mrs tuckerinan hail lieen shot he ran lor.o the fire flight of stairs to the street and hastened away j n search of a physician oil his way out of the baiid ln the mayor met henry kline and hi son-in-law charles swain occupants of a ground floor apartment in the bailding i saw that the mayor's face was palt us death said mr swain and i asked him if there was any trouble " a terrible accident bun occurred up stalrs lie answered go and see if you can help with mr kline 1 hastened to tli tfti j â– || weather forecast m w wft Chicago andvicinity rising ||$ f v.ifl temperature and partly cloudy mon g a p \_^ d with 1 s nt to moderate souther %-$ i ( v _ ly winds increasing cloudiness w ; vip tuesday - h best is a slrong word but none too strong to be used m connection with the results obtained by met persons who avail themselves of the situation wanted col umns of the examiner all advertisers m the examiner situation wanted columns are given the absolutely free services of the *- examiner j employment exchange 70 washington street 1 1 5 fifth avenue 776 milwaukee avenue l j cc33mwm\wcz!z m m good chances m lym to make money are found eacli ctjl w day m the business chance col j

Chicago examiner vol vil no 36 a m monday february i 1909 14 pages price one cent Â° b o u c^l d p b ? r c o Taft at panama approves lock ganal gatun dim is safe by william hoster resi dent-elect's engineers make superficial survey , of isthmus r no danger is report present plans can be carried out without any obstacle say experts special correspondent of the examiner with the Taft party special cable to the examine panama jan 31 a lock canal k will be built across the isth mus of panama this prelim inary decision was reached as a result of a superficial survey of the gatun dam made by the engineers accompa nying president-elect Taft it can be said on the best of author ity that the engineers approve every detail of the plan for a lock system regarding the gatun dam the en gineers say that more precautions for bafety hare been taken by colonel goethals in charge of the canal dig ging than are absolutely necessary the party of engineers was ont all of te-axy unaccompanied by mr Taft and rent over the whole ground of the gatnn system they were enthusiastic in the exclamation of approval they examined particularly the place where the alleged recent slide occurred and they say it was cnlmportant they also examined the foundations of the locks found the foil good and believe that there is absolutely no danger of accident at any time in the mm approve present plans the engineers returned this evening to calebra for the purpose of summing up tie result of the day's investigations they i itefns to talk for publicatien and mr taift wlli aay nothing the examiner's correspondent learns however on the best of authority that the engineers are vir taally convinced that there are no ob stacles in the way of the qatnn dam as it is proposed to build it and that they will recommend tiat the canal be built according to the present plans six days trip for Taft â€¢ to-morrow the engineers will make in de tail an investigation of the entire work that hag been accomplished on the canal and pass judgment npon that which is completed mr Taft will accompany them throughout the entire work for the next sis 4ays turning out at 7 o'clock every morn 1-ag for the start since the purchase by this country of the panama canal property the controversy over a lock or a sea-level canal has been waged unceasingly and the present visit of mr Taft to the canal zone was to finally determine whether the work should be pushed forward under the plans for a lock canal decided upon by the commis sion and authorized by the law appropriat ing money for the construction of the canal or whether the lock canal was not feasible and the present plans 6hould be abandoned and the work changed to build Â» sea-level canal xhe question has been quickly settled by tee engineers appointed as a commission to accompany mr Taft and to report to the president they have failed to find the satnral obstacles which the advocates of the sea level canal claimed were in the way of the lock canal and they have foun no reason to place the cost of the constru won of a lock canal at the extravagant & a ure mentioned by some critics of the plan under which the work is being done both dams feasible in round figures the cost of the loc canal was originally placed at 1 io,000,000 the engineers may find that this estimat was too low on account of unforeseen dif acuities which have been encountered bu they do not believe tnat it will reach much greater sum or will in any wise ap proaeh the figure of s350.noo.i.vx set b some who claim that the cost will reac i this stupendous sum if tue present plan re persisted in the vital points in the construction o ti-e lock canal are the gatun and lra bo 8uns both have been criticised as impra tljial engineering propositions the inspec rÂ»n of the dam to-day with the resni that it is declared quite feasible has se aside one of the greatest objections an it is believed that tue engineers will fin the la boca dam even more feasible tha the gatun dam in tact it is understou that the present canal plans wilt be ap proved throughout by the engineers i their report mr and mrs Taft attended the episto pal church here to-day and later th president-elect received the british min sstcr Taft opens pacific end panama canal to-day panama jan 31 william h tal't.l president-elect of the united states will i formally open the pacific end d the panama canal to navigation to-morrow â€¢ the pacific mai steamship liner newport captain russell plying between san fran cisco and panama will be jhe first ship to ass through the new channel there has been great rivalry for this honor between the chilean and english steamers but it will fall to an american vessel the newport will start from la boca pier it Taft will be taken five miles out to 1 ea and then will return on a tug wet and dry districts for guests at banquet of lincoln celebration special tables will be arranged at springfield centennial for those who object to wine sprixlifleli iii jan 31 those whr i at^"nÂ«l the lincoln centennial banquet here february 12 will be allowed choice of eit-j ting in wet or dry territory in^n^eij by the arotests of temperance advocates th committee in charge of the banquet tvas consented to furnish tables at wbic-li no wines will be served isaac k diller chairman or the ce it nial temperance committee has i^'ed circular letter to those expecting to alter the banquet asking the recipient to indicate whether a seat is wanted at a tnbie v he no wines are served . it is expected that about 700 men will attend the banquet an seventy tables will he spread hi che stat arsenal responses to chairman dhler'8 ertÂ»r wi i indicate the number of 23 banqueters will be satisfied without the enstomar wines and liquors already arranged for o 1 the menu negroes of the city piqued h cause none of their race was invitee participate in the centennial eelebmtio here to-day announced they would hold e ercises of their own i elihu root mistaken for pugilist papke identities of secretary and prize fighter crossed at hot springs hot spkixgs ark jan 31 secretary root does not look much like n man in need of rest if one guest at the hotel is to be believeri the secretary was mistaken to-day for biily papke a western pugilist who is stopping at the same hotel secre tary root was walking to the big bath house from his room as is customary and was clad only m a turklsh robe and san dals he met jake pollux a traveling salesman who was returning say bill said the traveling salesman i thought i'd meet you m the bath i wanted to talk over some matters with you then pollux saw his mistake and apologised the sec retary was amused when informed who he was taken for and modestly offered expla nation by asking if papke's bathrobe was the same color as his financiers plan to get morse out of jail schwab and many others to send petition to appellate court new tokk tan 81 a eoncertea ef fort to get charles w morse the con victed ex-ice king ont of jail for a time at least has been started by charles m schwab seth milliken ban ex-gov ernor cobb of maine and several other financiers whose friendship for morse is well known at the present moment the attempt consists principally m a petition to the judges of the united states circuit court of appeals asking them to admit morse to bail pending his appeal from judge hough's sentence of fifteen years m the federal prison at atlanta for violations of the national banking laws bryan to be preacher if he is defeated again says he is willing to try for presi dency once more shreveport la jan bl will-am jennings bryan declared here yesterday that if his party wished it he would make one more effort to obtain the democratic nomination for president of the united states should he fail to be elected mr bryan said he would retire from political life and devote himself to the ministry i am sure i would maie a better preacher than a politician mr bryan said i like to come south and inspire the hope m the democratic breast because some times i believe it wanes in louisiana new snowstorm coming to Chicago from west another snowstorm from the western country is headed for Chicago and may come to-day or to-morrow bringing with it rising temperature according to the official forecaster last night the tempera ture rose 12 degrees yesterday fpom 6 de grees m the morning to is in the after noon the mean temperature was 11 and the normal 23 degrees there was a trace of snow in the early morning the wiad was 32 miles an hour from the northwest and the humidity 7 and 77 per cent heavy snows were recorded m the east with temperatures below zero arrest ex-chicago rector as forcer syracuse n y potice accuse the rev w t twamley of passing worthless checks i blames drink for fall ! accused declares he was as sistant at st peter's and st paul's in this city ; " syracuse n i t 31.-the rct william thomas twamley who claims to n::ve served for three year as assistant ir of the cathedral of st peter and 1st panl Chicago wasnrrefted in this jeitr to-night on a charge of passing worth tv.amley was arrested when trying to ; cash a bad check tor a small sum a -â– â€¢â– . r.-'u revealed four more checks wiiieh | he admitted having himself written ae first intimation employes had nf what iifld been done was when they re lvived their envelopes take psychic cure to avoid jail sentence asheyille n c jan 31.-pollee justice reynolds has decided to try the effect of the emmanuel movement on habitual users of alcoholics and has given two men brought before him on the charge of intoxication the choice of taking the treatment given by the rev w c mccready rector of trinity episcopal church cr working thirty days on the streets under a jail sentence the men promptly decided that they would try the cure and will report to the preacher twice a week for treatment society circus in honor of elephant gouraud's famous bail out done when rosa makes bow to new yorkers _ new york jan 31.-tle sunday night dance which the jackson gourauds gave at martin's a couple of wÂ«eks ago was en tirel youtdone early this morning by a society circus that harry perry difl becker gave in honor of his pachydermle lady friend rosa the elephant at the hippodrome harry's affection for bosa is well known on christmas lie presented her with a ten-pound box of candy and a mag num of champagne this morning he pre sented her formally to society with mrs jackson oouraud and mine verona jar beau as red chaperones some 200 of the lively living set re sponded to invitations which dlsbecker issued in the shape of circus posters they were advised in the posters to appear in rural raiment and they did some of the women as genuine westcbester county dairymaids others in silk watteau shep herdess gowns with skins of parisian cat and delectable brevity and most all of the men as rubes the stage of the hippodrome was set under a big top at 1l':3o the grand parade began wells hawkes as ring master led tlien came harry disbecke driving a trained pig jackson gauram and assistant united states district attor ney d prank lloyd on horses and then baited cages in which two fake linn fought a wild battle with two imitatio trainer the llous were melville ellis an addisou mizner former brother-in-law to mrs yerkes the trainers were jiseph her bert and eugene waugh wilson mizner former husband of mrs yerkes appeared as a three-card inoute sharp offering the rubes chances to double their mousy then behind him ap peared mrs jackson uomauii doing h famous dunce j h taylor as a countr constable arrested both others in the line at performers and spectators included anna held ethel 15ar ryniore blanche king attorney john v mclntyre jessie lewisohn kdua 11 gau ley and all tiie best known press agents wine agents show gii'ls and folks about town and the elephant Â« the society clrcns at dawri had totally eclipsed the gourauds affalr.y - m'cook to visit Chicago joim j mccoofe of new yoi i whg lias been mentioned as a cabinet possibility will arrive iu Chicago tills morning on a business visit mr mccook is the young est of the f;#ioas fitrjtlnt mccooka of obia george busse kills woman shot is an accident mayor's brother fires bullet pierces wall and slays mrs flora tuckerman victim in another flat slayer prostrated with griefs is exonerated by woman's was putting pistol awkt victim was daughter of gen eral a c girard u & a f eorgb btxsse brother of u mayor basse last evejbrag shot and killed mrs jhora elizabeth tuekerman daught of brigadier general alfred c mrard u s a retired in the fashionable walton apartments at 305 j north clark street at tha time of the shooting mrs tuckerman was standing before the mirror in her sleeping room and mr busse was in a bedroom of hia moth er's apartment directly across a ten foot area the bullet crashed through the wooden inside blind of the windov of mr basse's room sped acros â€¢. area pierced the window of lire tuckercnan's room and entered he left breast . ;